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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNALS PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 3. ISM. ' y' "' . ' '" L " , ;., . , " T" " ' , i...: . ' Ir wlllUm Jennings Bryan. loprrUht la Wnt BrttaH All Blgau ANGhOON, Burma. IB '- - lour round the, world travai by. steamer about S.eoe miie ihnuiii the troolcs. Entering lh torrid son aoon after leaving Hong kong, almost touching the equator at , Singapore and not entering ,the tarn, parata son again until he la nearly half way through the Bed . h h ""Pi Urn to atudy the temperature, and qur . opportunltiea were still farther enlarged - w-tk.- tST,--wWei tre4rAs iari elsht degrees Below th eauAlQnl While on the water the heat Is P9A so 1 11...MA nsisg retleted hr the eoeaa breeses, but on land one suFferirdurTnif tha ralddl of the day. It la not that . tha heat In tha shade is greater than 1 the summer heat In the United States. ' but one csnnot alwsyr be la the shade, and tha rays of tha sun are piercing to a degree which is Inconceivable to one . without experience in these latitudes. At the sesports. too. the heat is intensified ' . by the weight and moisture Of the air. and the temperature- Is Py : same tnr year-round -at least ons who vlalts this part - of -th . world Irt the , winter ttm annat imagine it worse. While the .native population wort : barebacked, barelegged., barefooted, and sometimes baraheaded. Americana and Kuropeana reaort - to every possible dtvte4 4o protoot. tbemaclvrs fromttH ' climate. '. - ' ." What to Weir. ,. The white fcelmet hat. with a lining of cork, is tha moat common headwear for both men and women, and it does not require a very long atay here, to convince one that it la superior to tho straw hat White clothee which reflect ' the rays of the sun are alao largely urn br Hh . Knr e ve ninmrrri?! -' Jacket-reaching to tha walat. and before breakfast they lounge about in pajamas if... variegated-coipra. Eating extends through the entire day. breakfast Is ready at S or and anda -at 18. lunch, or trrnn. s tt m csneo oonnlx the hours from 1 ta3,-lhn tea 1. niin at 4. and dinner la aerved from . a to lflrld. These are the houra fr JSurc-peana and Americana, and for those I natives wno nav mniiira ""n but most of the netlves look as if they had mlsaed some of these meals. Wa sre among the dark-skinned races here. Chinamen ar a darker - yellow than' those seen farther north, tha " Malaya are a dark brown and the Tamils are quite black, while the Blngalese and "Indians are between a black and brown. Mark Twain Pys a high compliment '"bto"ttiesirnarkltklnnwi v''"Pl at the pens of the white races,- contending . . that their complexion Is always good, while the white face hss. freckles, ptm- lesrani equator which every traveler visits, vis.. Singapore and Colombo, and moat of - the boats also stop at Penang. a thriv ing city on the Malay peninsula, some 40( miles north of Singapore. . Slnga- pore Is on a small island of the same' name not far from tha mainland, and Ita 1 harbor is full of sea-going vessels from 'all nations.- Tha ships from Europe to China and Japan call here, as do also ' the boats between Europe and Java and - between India and Australia. - Here, too. are to be found representatives of many nationalities, 2 distinct languages being spoken in this ons city.-The Portuguese : were the pioneers snd there are still '." some descendants of the early traders living on the island. - Next in point of . . time came tha Dutclv and their nation Is still more numerously represented among the business Arms. England. largely supplanted both In the control of the commerce of tha port, though the Germans seem to be numerous. . Singapore and Penang ara tha great export ports for tin, three fourths of the world's output of that product being - mined near by.- Tha United States tak-.-tlO.600.000 worth of tin from the Ftralte Settlements, and t,000,000 worth of other product) and sell ewly tliKli- 009 worth in return. . 1 Two Great Seaports. ;;;; 7 ' WHAT CAUSES THE EARTHQUAKES By Professor Hugh Sherwood. flTE recentarthquak Irt Califor nia, which worked sucn nsvoo -bav originated In- Sonoma county and extended through Santa Rosa and Sen Francisco and on to th southward and alao. northward . Earthquakes ar not limited to the "tlm of many Tor we rmv records," In - th disturbed condition of the rocks, of 'wore violent and widespread catastro "phea In past ages, ever "line Asolc times.. -' They ar" not all produced by on cause, but by different causes, or mor likely by a combination r(T natural con- " dittona. Kecent Investigations hav led om to the belief that, they may be caused - by- hydraulic pressure,, result ing from columns of water extending 1nt fiesures In th srth's strata to un measured depths, or along ora-vast . rynclinal axla, in regions , wher arte sian walls ar obtained. Objection ar urged, but physical tests give Argument to this supposition. A theory advanced by geologistg In later years Is the upsetting of th arth's equilibrium a a result of th pressur of vast accumulations of aedl- ' ment deposited at the 'mouth of great rivers, and representing an enormous i weight . transferred from other points. during a period of ages and accumulated -In on place. . It was suggested at th ttm that tha tat disturbance at Mt- Pele was caused by the pressur upon " the rrust f accumulations at i h snoutha of th Amsson and Mississippi rivers. Earthquakea Before Man. -- - 1 The Idea is quit frequently advanced that earthquakes rsult. In part at least, gram Btmospherlo conditions, but it is nt probable that th weather haa any fleet whatever upon earthquakes or eruptions. They ar th result of deeper eeted causes; th most general of which la th cooling and contraction of th earth' crust, which produces-a tremendous slipping and ; grinding of formation upon formation. Th strata are. In places, full of faults and sllcken ides. Indicating convulsions In pre Matorto times - Som strata have fallen thousands of feet. m ' Such eilrnsK-e... dlaturbanoei " toak cdac before ths advent ad Vain, Hti -irl rr tha trade poaaibllltles of tha tropica have been very much overestimated by enthualastlo expansionists. The natives raise their, own food at a .much lower cost . thsn wa could possibly ssll it to them, even it our .food were suited to their wants. - They do . not need our building material, and as for clothing, one American is worth mora as a cus tomer thsn 100 of these natives. While a few wear rich robe, tha maas content themaelvea with a very scanty costume of very cheap cotton a costume which soma on has desrribed ssa handker chief, around the lions andj!alleclot reund1hnieacr." No shoe manufac d ar aaleaman1 to these parts, for erwn the -coachmen and foot men In livery sre bsrrfnnted. I onm supposed that we might work up a trade In breech clouts and fishing rods, but I find the latter grown here In profusion- and .the 'former Is not valuable enough . $o furnish a., basis, for much trade, V ....... ; .. . . They , Love Jewelry. . --Ther Is bna branch of commerce that might be developed if this were not tha boms of the. gem, and if tha natives were nut 'skltlfoi'yoldsmtthsr-Jewetry Is a passion here,: .Women fairly load themselves down with ornsments when they can afford It. They wear rlnga on the ringers snd toes, . bracelets and anklets, ear ornaments - galore' and, atrangest of all. Jewela in tha nose. Wa I notl4 onwofnsit yB(ijH5r" writ 1 enormous pendants hanging from each ear, one from tha top, one from tha aids and one fromvthe lobe, and our coach ntan at Handy was resplendent with six In either ear, but- his Jewelry was more I modest: in sise. The nose ornaments look like-shirt studs and are. screwed Into ons or both nostrils;- sometimes a ring hsngs from the point of the nose. The necklaces vsry greatly in style 'manwhip snd value. The island" of 1 faylnn Is rtrh In. genu, and-JurnlihaaJ a variety of stones for the Jeweler's art From tne rsct that nearly all of th I precious stones mentioned In the Bfbll sre to- oe round nere, it is thought that eT Isrselites . snd that her ships carried weaitn-to- Bolero on. ; : the extravagant Uaeot Jewelry here, one Is almost tempted to forgive even the moat vulgar display of precious stones made In the Occident. and'then", toft, the: rubles, fie sapphlrea,' ne oiamonas. ine emeraias, tne ame thyst, the alexanderites. theeat's eyes, the opals. "etc., exhibited in the stores here are so beautiful that one muet be proof against -. vanity to , resist - tbslr chsrms. Tea a Necessity. item of trade, f or : nowhere does the white men-appreciate this luxury mora, had not tha Ice marhtne made imports tloa unneoessary, Tha-larger boats now manufacture their own Ice from -con densed sea water, and thre are plants at all the lmportsnt ports. Ws went f romTSdrneo' to Singapore " on a ship which was equipped with an lea ma chine, and we complained when the sup- ply gave out. An English' passenger took advantage of our distress to com pare. national. charaeterlBt Ice. and. Jiu morously remarked that when the Amer icans moved into a new territory the at once, established an lea plant, while the English gave their first attention to theJaylhg out of cricket ground s. - One does not travel far In the orient until ha becomes a crank on the sub ject of water. He receives so many warnings that he soon : suspects -that disease lurks In every glsssful. If he tries the bottled wsters, they pall on the taste, and If he relies on boiled wster, he is tormented with fear that It has not really been boiled, or that some other water has been accidentally substituted. "The 01d0ken Bucket" la recalled as a vision of delighCsnil "the well at home" is remembered with sn admiration never felt before. (Faucet may be substituted for well by those who Hvs in a city.) , ' Where Only Man Ig Vile. . 1. Colombo Is sltusted on the Island of Ceylon, lust - below the southernmost pelnt ef the mainland ef India. lleeei too. Is a commodious hsrbor visited by quires but slight displacement of the rocks, when multiplied by the force of gravity" and th mass of th esrth's crust, to produce the destructive results a ta - J 1 nn gr it - -. ajuit w Ttnwisjtiw eg 1 1 is ss vnsj w i w jm www That a contrsctlon-of th -crust 4S still going on Is shown by th fact thst th coast of Norway and Sweden la slowly rising above sea. level, sccordlng to ob servations msde by- the Swedish govern ment, nA tha coasts of New Jersey and Greenland ar believed to be very grad ually sinking. It Is - thought - that earthquakes - are also produced by the evolution of gases and vapors' in highly hested subter ranean cavities, and this cause msy tend to contribute toward earthquakea along th coast, wher, owing to fracturer wa. ter Is most likely to seep through to highly heated regions, snd where, ow ing to structural weakness, earthquakes sre looked for most frequently. Seismic convulsions occur Jn regions remote from volcenlc activity, but more generally take pi see with most violence In regions of volcanic activity and along th great lines of fracture ef th earth's crust. They may. occur anywhar and at any time, although some regions ap pear more favorable, particularly where oscillations of the unstable border of the continents' against the" mor stable Interior tak place. There ar several great lines or trends of fracture In the earth's crust and th Pacific coast line marks one of these, with a weak point at San Francisco. Th Rocky moun tains snd coast ranges are range of fracture, thrown up by convulsions, and the Strata of rock hav been much broken and contorted. " Convulsed Mlsilstlppi Valley.- No part ef th earth can be said to be exempt from seismic disturbance. Th Appalachian mountain system has been by no mesne free from disturb ance. Th Charleston earthquake may be noted In modern times, while in place the rocks bar been much dis turbed, snd ther ar faults of thou ssnds of feet, among th greatest, known to geologists, Indicating earthquakes of a vlolenc unknown to th age of man. Th worst convulsion ever known In this country occurred in th Mississippi vslley tiwniy a century ago. ' Such con vulsion ar not confined to modern shore lines, bu It" msy' be presumed thst even thArthquake ther occurred Jaa s fT ejartty W Una and bait Of ?. ' V Ml I f,?: - I III .. . 11 : f- x . 2?' . J . i " ill , I , " 'V ' 'v , ' 1 W. L ' - III rvo I . - I Lf I . .. -rfWVA ' ' . 7"-rXU i - ' ' ... . L..'"L jtrfTsi ins mis i.f el.lir I ---A---,- ; Kr. iJ'yA " ' " tiles In sight at one time on our porch. -.. - Va ,--'ia.X-ifyM'rv . .ffla JJT hr-frtr-t,r-tt,Mr rn (hmui Mrt i . " -jpmiissrr -w : : . . " : ' ' A Temple in Colombo. all rgerchant fleeti. It vies .with Singa pore aa an equatorial port. ' The '''spicy breeses" of Ceylon are immortalised In song and story it Is tha land . i-.Whara-avery prospect pleases ZZL- - And only man- la ylle.' At Kandy, about It miles from the cosst, there Is an excellent botanical garden. rivaling' ths garden at IBuf ten- AF, .v,n mm Vannv timmlt rivals Hn It ATT- extensive gardens at Singapore and Penang, but they ara Inferior to those on Ceylon snd Java. These gardens are snout-equally dlstsnt from the equatorH tha former north, the latter south, but the garden at Kandy has twice the alt! tude of the Other. Wwerlnterested 'Jin comparing tha planta and examining lnaaew specimens. wnne tsuuensorg is superior in her collection of orchids. the ferns st Kandy surpass anything we Tiavt seen. Here tha -yellow bamboo la added to tha varieties seen elsewhere; her too. ws saw the screw pslm whose lesves form a spiral line like the thread of a screw. Another curious variety Is the sealing wax palm, tha higher Joints .of. which look exactly like red sealing wax. The travelers palm, which we slso ssw in Java, Is to be found here, its nsme being derived from the fact thst:eachleaf .'stem, catcbea: and holds sufficient water to slake a traveler's thirst. The talipot palm attracta the attention of all visitors, not . only be csuse its leaves formed the parchment for tha early books of Buddhism, but because it flowers but once, 'and then, aa If exhausted by itsrnalf century's effort, dies. The sensitive plant grow wild here snd seems almost humsn In Its perception, aa it shrinks from the slightest touch and f olds ts leaves as If withered. Fruita of the Tropici. r I hsve already spoken of tha fruits of tha troDlcaespaclallv those of Java. hu I think I ought ta quality my wnrda SJnc reveling In msngosteens. ram- fractura, marking the boundary of the ocean when the continent was smaller than it now Is and when a-.part of the Mississippi valley -wss occupied by-the watara of th -gullf Meilno In pnntT terttary-tlmsSr or It may have- been-due to hydraulic preasume. Th Pacific trend has been one of former volcanic activity Mounts Baker. Rainier, St. Helens, Adams, Hood, Jef-fcraotwThre-Slaters., Crater Ijka, Mhasta and others, sre all extinct volcanoes,- while, parte of eastern-. Oregon snd Idaho ar covered by -onof the world's .great lava Aieds. Along this same trend to the north In the Aleutlsn Islands, and to th south in Mexico, are numerous. active volcanoes.- Natural Forces Waning. T It Is undoubtedly true thst the series of shocks In Ssn Francisco and vicinity were caused by convulsions of the rocks passing. through .that -region and orig ins ted In a slight subsidence,- or oscil lation in the bed of' the Pacific. Sur face indications, such ss a rising or a falling of tha crust, or fissures, may or may; not appear, but the rocks In that region have been disturbed and possibly to greet depths. It-has been ssked If there waa any connection between the recent eruptions of Vesuvius and the California earth quake, This Is a matter for specula tion. It Is quite generally believed by geologists that disturbances In on part of the earth's crust msy produce dis turbance at distant points. Th earth quake and . the convulsions were .both msnlfestatlons of th sam agencies at work. Since the California, earthquake there hav been prophecle and predictions of widespread dlsaater and disturbance and there ha been considerable alarm felt. But these fear ar not well founded. Geblogy teaches that these great nat ural forcer are waning; such manifesta tions are dying out as tha crust be comes thicker and mor solid and set tled. W sre not on the eve of renewed and widespread earthquake and volcanic activity, aa some would lead us to be lieve, but, rather, are living in th last days of such phenomena. Tart Bailroad Banting. ,' , From the Philadelphia Telegraph. . One hundred and fifty millions of dot Isrs is a larg sum for any Industry to ar la as rear, and yet this turn. 'j";! W - - - ' ' - . Bathing at Colombo. . : HfStzf THTT JZ - . . .- ?' S Al. 1.1-..,. i imi then affesed ta aell me WtantfX etc- I Have eaierrnnppTeratia4n'ur tM ttam t-U am convince tnst no tropical rruii can compare with It; and when to tho apple ara added the peach, the pear, the plum and the cherry, and to theae fruits of the tree are added tha grape, tha straw berry, the raspberry and tha blackberry, not to speak of the plneapplea, orangea and bananas of our southern states, who will say that the temperate tone is not a highly Ifivored ss tne warmer lanas t We horOnTybave. sJr-aDUndftneerTirTT both tha necessaries and the luxuries. but we escape some of the- torments of the tropics. Animals, reptiles and insects run floTTSefe.-Th Ilger laman-eatlng."- the snd serpents ara large and poisonous - the Insects are omnipresent. We tha mns qulto, which seems to be a universal pest and la found evsrywhare "From Greenland's Icy mountains to India's coral strands," but here lta activity la perennial and Its - appetite reaches its maxrmum."ln- all -the Hotels the beds are protected by-mosquito bars, for without, them sleep would be Impossible. The ant Is even more annoying than the mosquito, for while the former does most of its prowling at night, ths latter "Im proves each ehlnlng-bourV-f-rrjjrr: '. . ' ' - -.' ii. . Bookloving Antg. If the natives play the sluggard, tt Is because they refuse to profit by the example of Industry which the ant sver presents to them. It Is not uncommon for the legs of dining tables and cup boards to be set In bowls of wster. aa a protectlon-from these Insectsy.and-where this precaution Is not taken , the diner divides his - tlms between eating and fighting ants. Ths white ant has a liter ary turn of mind and pays special at tention to books. We have heard of several libraries being ravaged by this Insect, -the lesves being so perforated thatthe books looked like honeycombs. In Jils search for knowledge Jhe ant has nlwn.hln of thfl fAftmafn whlch grows her to "the length of Two great aslt .represents not the gross earnings, but the " Increased earnings of the railroads In -this country laat year. What-th biialne of the people of A merles,-amounta-to-may- beimag. Ined from the fact that they paid flfO. 000,000 more money for freight charges In 1305 than they did in 1004 It takes a great many ions of freight at an av erase charce of 1 ner cent oer ton tier mile tolTeuOl1S099,090,ahQ"Ut: as above noted. Is not th amount of business done but merely the Incresse of that business In 105, as compared with lt04. And the railroads are not doing all the carrying for th American people by a long chalk. - Symptoms.- (From th Chicago Trlbun.) If your wife Is growing restless; If she tentatively tugs r At th dingy window curtains; If shs studies all th rugs; , If she talks about wall paper; If shs views the window panes With sn eye thst sees them -tarnlahed by a lot of streaks and- stains, - Then "you niay Si well be patient and quiet as a mous - '- For no feeble man can stop her shs rill soon '. elean ' house. Tou had better plan for boarding some where els a day or two, For th chances ar she'll start It with a rustling, bustling crew - -Or scrubwomen and of dusters, and th . chairs will block th hall And a lot of dainty china will b put where. Jtwmf an And an aproned, tdwslsd, draggled eight - will say ah is your spouse, -For th signs of spring ar potent eat rill soon clsan bouse. Tou will eat upon the Icebox, you will eo: sleep upon th tov. v- Tou will slip upon a box of soap and down the stair will rov; Tou - will find your valued volumes mixed with kitchen pans and pots; For th tlm yon'll b an alien you r ' and ail your llttl tots And there'll b a tlm of. trouble time of shake, and dust, and fuse. Till th fever has subsided she will aoon -r clean fcouaa. : I At fhrw 1nrhM. rtn fv nrA atnlTia whAt I mimimA - on rnnvrtln Ih - TtnunHn 4ntA nnt ri.irAni Tha hmtu Haar ! t SlnsaDors dollars at elsht fortv-flva. and hoarsely to each other, and when It rains the air Is vocal with the croaking of frogg and the- slngTnr"oftnecta. In the botanical garden at Kandy we ssw hundreds of flying foxes which look Ilka bussards. Some of these', foxes -j,4 The Tropic Frenzy, I find that there Is a disease In these latitudes called tropical frenay an un controllable anger which aometlmes man ifests itself when European officials deal With native subjects. This hss been seri ously discussed In medical meetings,-and It has been argued ..that acta of violence lonth - naxtofDffictals should .ba.exr. . th. ouno. The aubtect haa been scientifically conatdered at a meet Ing of German physicians. This disease seems to be coif ln.edtoJEuropeans, the natlvea. being Immune from it at least It is not considered a good defenae when urged by a native as an excuse for I uuiug violence to an Europesn;- My experience with the money chang ers of the orient has made the money changers of America seem .virtuous by comparison. . This -is ths . worst place for shaving;, for discounts, for premiums, for commtxMons and for exchange that I have visited. "In traveling one has frequently to change money from th currency of. one nation to that of an other, and as there seems to be no fixed rate, he never knows what he Is going to realise.-(By th way, on who thinks that a gold .dollar la good the world around can learn something from the discounts.) At Colombo I had some Singapore bills converted Into rupees. -- The cashier -at the hotel said that th rat was one twenty, and gave m 11 rupees for 110. A few minutes afterwards I had occasion to buy soms tickets of a tourist agent ;aTiTieairowd m is -rupees -for- rior the next time I made change I received 10 rupees and TO cents for .$10. - This is a sample of ths experience one hss her. How Banks Do Business. At Singapore I drew soms money on my letter .of -credit.-which calla - for pounds; as I wss going Into English ter- rltnry It would be rnnvnnlant to carry somw--poundnotesr hut th bank In- By Count Leo Tolstoy. HE life of men. consists only In' this thst -tlm keeps- further snd further unfolding that which-wage0ncealed. and "show ing the correctness or Incorrectness of the way along which they have ad vanced In the past. " - ' Ufe 1 the enlightenment of the con-sctonsness'- conernlng-ihe falsity of former foundations snd the establish ment of new ones and the realisation of them. ... The life of mankind as well as thst of the Individual man Is a growth out of a former state Into a new one. ' This growth Is InewltnMy accompanied by the recognition of one's mistakes and liber atlon from them. But there are periods both In the life of the whole 'Of mankind as well aa in that of-the separate Individual when the mistake committed in the past life Is suddenly clearly revealed, snd the sctlvtty which should correct this mis take Is elucidated. There are periods of revolution, and In such a position the Christian nations now find themselves. - Mankind used to live according to the law of " violence and knew no other. Then the time came when the progres sive leaders of humanity proclaimed a new law of mutual servlce, common to ill msnk!ndT. The Old Law Is Violence." Men sccepted this law, but not in Its full meaning.- and although they tried to apply tt-they; still continued "to- ltv,e according to th old law of violence. Christianity-appeared-and -confirmed the truth that ther is -only ons law common to all men which gives them th greatest welfare th law of mutual service, and Indicated why this law had not been realised in life. It waa not regarded because man re garded th uae of vlolenc as necessary snd beneficent for good ends andre garded th law of retribution ss Just . Christianity ahowed that violence Is always pernicious snd that retribution cannot bo applied by men.. But Chrlsllsn humanity not having accepted this explanation of th law of mutusl service common to all men, although it desired to live by this law. Involuntary continued to llv aceorUing to th pagan law .of violence. . uab. a contradldtoryjiau of things SELF - GOVERNMENT -Hst-t ' . . , ' 1 t fcaund notes f ewty. Willi ii I related this t Incident to an Englishman ha -recalled .an Instance-where a mad-. presented,; a 200-pound nota ... and.. asked for smaller bills: . the bsnk chsrged him a commission f o -eonvertlng-the large bill-Into rupees and then anotheiveora mission for converting tha - rupees inte -pound notes. . - -I found In China that tho notes Is sued bv a hftnlt In enm rttv wntiM ti (Jfscbunf ed when presented at a branch of the same bank In another city. Throughout tha Malay statea the Chi nese are conspicuous as money, lenders, but at Singapore they come into com petition with the Indians, who sre their superiors In this line of business. -At Colombo we saw no -Chines at all. "-r Wa have found the American mls slnmry satarywhsrs. , hut hla work among the Malaya Is less promising than anywhere else. Missionary work has been quit successful smong the Chines In th Malay archipelago and among tha Tamils at .Singapore but nearly all the Malaya are Mohamme dan n, and while they believe .In. one God and recognise Christ ss a great -prophet, they believe tho author of their religion to hav been a superior teacher, . , r ; . The: Genua ..Horvrs. In traveling on haa an opportunity to study human nature In all lta phases, and in an extended trip meet repre sentativea of. all the - nations. Th North German Lloyd haa a Una run ning from Tokohama -to Bremen (this Una, I' may add, makes it possible for one to go from San Francisco to New York within two months, with but two changes of boats, and still stop long enough atthe principal, ports la.Jearn something of th cities and the people); we went from Singapore to Colombo on one of tha boat of this line. - Besides a few Americans, Germans and Hoi landara snd a still largar numn--of English, there were several Japanese en rout for Europe, and Russian officers and soldiers returning from Japan. Wa made soma agreeable acquaintances among the company, as tt is possible to do ; on , every voyege,- but Just before leaving the boat at Colombo w came Into contact with a tourist who belonged to th.gnuSLhog.; " . Our boat arrived between J and in th evening, aid th porter Informed I kept Increasing the criminality of life, and the external comforts snd luxury of the minority, nt the same time yicreas ing the slavery and misery of th ma- orUy-a.mnng Christian nat torn In Istter times the. criminality and luxury -of the life of one portion of Christendom have attained the highest degree, especially among those nations which have long ago abandoned th nat ural life -ef agrioultur ami rlln -un der th deceit of Imaginary self-govern- men LZ7ri' T " ---- The nations suffering -from the mis ery ef their position snd th conscious ness of the contradiction they are In volved In, search for salvation every where In imperialism, militarism, so cialism, the setsure of ' other peoples lands, In every kind of strife. In tar iffs, fechnlcsl- Improvements, In vice. In anything except the on thing which ran save them the freeing of them selves from the superstition of- the state, of the fatherland and the cessa tion of obedience to coercive state power of any kind whatever. , . . '.' t ; t Significance of - the - Revolution. 77 Owing to their agricultural eye; . to the absenc of th deceit of self govern ment, to th greatness of their number, and, above all, to the Christian' attitude toward vlolenc preserved by th Rus- tan people, after a cruel,- unnecessary and. unfortunate war-Into which they had been drawn by their government, and after th neglect of their demands that the lands tsken from them should be returned, have understood sooner - than others th principal causes of th ca lamities of Christendom of our-tlme, and therelor th great revolution Impend ing over all mankind which alone can save it from it unnecessary sufferings, must begin precisely among this peo ple. Herein lies trie " algnlflcanc of . ths revolution now beginning In Russia. This revolution hss not yet begun amongst the nations of Europe and America, but the causes ..which have called It forth, In Russia ar th ssmel for all the Christian world. The majority of th Russian people clearly see that th causa of all th ca lamities they suffer I obedience to power and thst thsy hsv before them the choice either of declining to be ra tional free beings or el ef ceasing to obey th government. us that the hotels were full, but that ' w could obtain rooms in the morning. aa a number wniiM leave' nn our hlp assured -wi-that w- wer. welcome -to " remain on? hoard- until mortirng. Just, as my wife and daughter were retiring . a man cam on board followed by a lot ef - bagsage-and -directed hie porter-o-put It In our room. .... . . - I explained to htm, that not being able to Arid accommodations on ahore, wa had obtained pertnlaalon to occupy the room until mornjng, but h brusque-"- i j replied mat ne naa engaged tne room two months before and must hav It. I called his sttentlon .to the fact that th boat was 1st In reaching port -and. would not leave until nearly noon tfS next day, and suggested aa politely ss I could thst th csptala wss th proper person to decide whether he waa en titled to elatm th room under th clr- captain - he went to the steward and -demanded that the ladlea be moved to another room, although another room waa placed at hla disposal for tho nights It required soma plain, straightforward and smphatle language to bring him to ths point where he waa willing to oc cupy a different room temporarily, and I am afraid that be -still regards Amer icans as very rude snd uncouth eree tures. - He is, - however,- th first -men -whom I hav met so far who would elalm-aa-a-flght Shat to-whloh not-entitled and then demand th en--forcement of the assumed right without regard to theteonvenlenc of others. Burial at Sea. - On tha last mentioned -trip. w wit nessed a burial at sea. th flrsthst haa occurred -during -our ': voyage. , Ona -of -th-paasengers-dled-after -w-lft-Rlngapore, and we learned of It while th-Jt uneralervtcewer Jn progress. Th corps wss inclosed In a black (weighted) coffin In which several boles -wer bored. Th ship slackened Its speed and aa tha band played a funeral dirge the . body waa slowly lowered Upon reaching the water It floated back for a short distance and then disap peared. . It waa a sad sight to see th remains of a human being consigned to a watery tomb, wttnnothlng-tmark his resting plscer. and yet he does not " sleep ' alone, for In-this-mighty ocean sepulchcr myriads lie burled, and the ' waves moan abovthem.a .requlemss swast ss that sung tty th trees to those who rest upon th land. IS SELF-DECE1T; And If the people of Europe and America do not yet see this, owing to' th . bustle of their life and th deceit of sel f - government, they - will - very - eobtt se It. - Participation in th coercion 'oft n government of great states, which they call freedom, has brought and Is bring- In them tn Minttn.i.ll i . 1 ery and to calamities flowing from this To beenma nrfflw - . , . r ' - men -muai learn to see that state, the fatherland Is ' a fiction, and that life andtru liberty ar realities and thst therefor It Is n, mnA ,,brtT thst should be sac rificed tor , th -artificial icomblnatloa called state, but that men ought In the nsm of true Uf and liberty to frea themselves from th superstition of th "ndA ,rom outcom criminal obedience to men. ucoeasful Woman's JKotal.- From th Baltlmor American. Th women's hotel,- known aa th Dolly Madison House, which wss start ed by a company rf jadles In Wsshlng." ton for th us and occupancy of wom en only, has turned out to be greet Success, and a mink., . . " . . . vmru wno com to .Washington alone hav been rjr,n 10 secure accommodations there. The rules of th house prohibit th ett entertainment of men except In the parlors. - Csts snd dogs are not taken ss guests, either, and for a time this ruls threatened- to bar many gueata from -taking quarters In the house. But this has been overcome, for rooms ara now at a premium. - - The Pea. U th War Offlc. - From th London Chronicle. Th sword seems to hsv had a fie- cinatlon.Xor men. f the pen, for sev eral war secretaries hav been noted for their , literary achievements. Ms caulay ws war minister under Mel bourne. Windham, who held onV un der Plttculd clim to be a tru jour- tiallst, for hs helped Corbett to stsrt J the Political Register. He alao was a member f the famous Literary club, snd stood by Johnson's desthbtd. Wynn. who wsj war secretsry In Grey's sdmlnistrstlon, wss a man of llterarv attainments, and numbered among "nls -psrsonal. friends. Southsy, Uallata and - Caljrl, , '...'. .